High Altitude Energy: A History of Fossil Fuels in Colorado (Mining the American West)
High Altitude Energy: A History of Fossil Fuels in Colorado (Mining the American West)
H. Lee Scamehorn,Lee Scamehorn
Subjects: Business & Money,Science & Math,Earth Sciences,Environmental Science,Technology,History of Technology
Description
Description
Co-Winner of the 2004 Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Publication Prize
High Altitude Energy: A History of Fossil Fuel in Colorado is a timely, articulate history of coal, coke, oil, gas, and oil shale extraction and production in Colorado. Scamehorn examines the origin, evolution, and aspects of the social and economic impact of these industries in Colorado. He treats each of the fuel sources separately from their discoveries and initial production in the nineteenth century to the energy crisis of the 1970s, through the 1980s, and up to the present energy concerns. In detailing the states long history of fossil fuel production, Scamehorn thoroughly dissects the arguments and conclusions of the domestic energy shortages made during the decades since the Second World War. Todays readers-faced with either ever increasing energy costs or controversial plans to drill in national wildlife refuges-will be impressed by the timeliness of Scamehorns analysis of the failure of the U.S. government to achieve energy independence.
High Altitude Energy: A History of Fossil Fuel in Colorado is a timely, articulate history of coal, coke, oil, gas, and oil shale extraction and production in Colorado. Scamehorn examines the origin, evolution, and aspects of the social and economic impact of these industries in Colorado. He treats each of the fuel sources separately from their discoveries and initial production in the nineteenth century to the energy crisis of the 1970s, through the 1980s, and up to the present energy concerns. In detailing the states long history of fossil fuel production, Scamehorn thoroughly dissects the arguments and conclusions of the domestic energy shortages made during the decades since the Second World War. Todays readers-faced with either ever increasing energy costs or controversial plans to drill in national wildlife refuges-will be impressed by the timeliness of Scamehorns analysis of the failure of the U.S. government to achieve energy independence.
Details
Details
Publisher/Supplier: Univ Pr of Colorado
Date Published: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0870816616
Language: en
Pages: 244
Length: 6.25 inches,Width: 0.75 inches,Height: 9 inches
528 in stock
